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Creature - Human Assassin 1/1, 3B (4)
{B}, {T}: Tap target creature. Abyssal Hunter deals damage equal to Abyssal Hunter's power to that creature.1
Some smiles show cheer; some merely show teeth.
Illus. Steve Luke
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The ability can be used on an already tapped creature. [bethmo 1997/10/14]
- Note - This card was creature type "Hunter" until Sixth Edition, when it became "Minion". Then with Oracle 2005/08/01 it became "Human Assassin".
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Sorcery, 2BB (4)
Put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard into play under your control.
"What you call decay, I call ripening. You'll gain no sustenance from this harvest." -Kaervek
Illus. Geof Darrow
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Creature - Wurm 4/3, 4B (5)
{B}: Target green creature blocking Barbed-Back Wurm gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
"The Mwonvuli Jungle has given the darkness teeth for tearing the gift of life from the weak." -Jolrael
Illus. Gary Leach
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Enchantment - Aura, 1B (2)
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature is dealt damage, Binding Agony deals that much damage to that creature's controller.1
A crash of rhinos in my head -Femeref expression meaning "a severe head pain"
Illus. Robert Bliss
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Human Cleric Shaman 1/1, 1B (2)
{T}, Sacrifice a Swamp: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.1
Illus. Ian Miller
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - This card was creature type "Cleric" until Sixth Edition, when it became "Wizard". Then with Oracle 2005/08/01 it became "Human Shaman". Then with Oracle 2008/01/01 it became "Human Cleric Shaman".
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Instant, 2B (3)
Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"Only fools believe they will face my armies but once." -Kaervek
Illus. Greg Simanson
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- You have to show the creatures you put on top of your library, but not the order you put them there. [D'Angelo 2000/02/18]
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Creature - Nightstalker 2/2, 2B (3)
{B}: Breathstealer gets +1/-1 until end of turn.1
"As a child, I slept with a cloth over my face, to hide from the spirits that might pull the air from my lungs." -Mosi, Femeref weaver
Illus. Cliff Nielsen
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - This card is referred to by Urborg Panther.
- Note - Before errata, it was of creature type Night Stalker (with two words). [Oracle 1999/07/01]
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Creature - Zombie Knight 2/2, 2B (3)
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
{1}{B}{B}: Regenerate Cadaverous Knight.1
Grieve for the soul in death dishonored. -Shadow Guild saying
Illus. Dermot Power
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Instant, 1BB (3)
As an additional cost to play Carrion, sacrifice a creature.
Put X 0/1 black Insect creature tokens into play, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.1
King or herder, the maggots care not.
Illus. Geof Darrow
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Dragon 4/4, 4BB (6)
Flying
Whenever Catacomb Dragon becomes blocked by a nonartifact, non-Dragon creature, that creature gets -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is half the creature's power, rounded down.1
Illus. David O'Connor
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The value of X is calculated when the ability resolves. It is not recalculated later if something changes. [D'Angelo 2001/03/17] (REVERSAL)
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Sorcery, 1BB (3)
Destroy target non-Swamp land. If that land was nonbasic, Choking Sands deals 2 damage to the land's controller.1
"The people wiped the sand from their eyes and cursed-and left the barren land to the hyenas and vipers." -Afari, Tales
Illus. Roger Raupp
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Creature - Snake 3/3, 3B (4)
Whenever Crypt Cobra attacks and isn't blocked, defending player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)1
Illus. Ron Spencer
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The player gets a poison counter as a triggered ability on not blocking the Cobra. Killing the Cobra after declaring blockers or preventing its damage will not prevent the poison counter. [D'Angelo 1999/07/01]
- Note - Also see Poison, Rule G16.21.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Cobra" and not "Snake" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
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Instant, 2B (3)
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.1
"Femeref was guided by the wisdom of the Council of Voices. But in one terrible instant, they were slain, leaving Asmira as the sole voice of leadership." -Hakim, Loreweaver
Illus. Dermot Power
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Instant, B (1)
Add {B}{B}{B} to your mana pool.
"The ceremony ended with a voice from the shadows, a voice with vast, ominous power." -Kifimbo, Shadow Guildmage
Illus. John Coulthart
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- This card, as with all instants cards, goes to the graveyard when it resolves. It does not stay in play. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 2000/04/01.
- Note - In Mirage, Fifth Edition, Tempest, and Urza's Saga, this spell was of type Mana Source. In Ice Age, Fourth Edition (and before), it was of type Interrupt. It is now of type Instant.
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Creature - Wraith 1/3, 3B (4)
Swampwalk
{B}: Dirtwater Wraith gets +1/+0 until end of turn.1
"The foul entities of the Uuserk swamp had never before dared to spread their influence to the very heart of Zhalfir." -Hakim, Loreweaver
Illus. Steve Luke
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Sorcery, X1B (2)
Spend only black mana on X.
Drain Life deals X damage to target creature or player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before Drain Life dealt damage or the creature's toughness.1
Illus. Richard Kane Ferguson
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- You can put as much black mana as you want into this spell's X value, but you cannot gain more life than the creature's toughness. [D'Angelo 1996/07/01]
- You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged. [PPG Page 70]
- Cost reducers, such as Helm of Awakening can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost. [WotC Rules Team 1997/06/01]
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
- Note - Before errata, the X part of the cost was not part of the mana cost; it was part of the card's text. [Oracle 1999/07/01] This means the X cost is now part of the cost for things like Spell Blast.
- Note - The artist's name, Shuler, was misspelled on the Limited Edition and Unlimited Edition versions of this card.
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Creature - Specter 2/2, 3B (4)
Whenever Dread Specter blocks or becomes blocked by a nonblack creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.1
Whatever follows life is incurable. -Zhalfirin aphorism
Illus. Kathryn Rathke
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Instant, B (1)
Choose one - Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life; or remove from the game up to three target cards in a single graveyard; or target creature gains fear until end of turn.1
Illus. Gerry Grace
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Enchantment - Aura, BB (2)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you play this. This card comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.1
"If it is weak, either kill it or ignore it. Anything else honors it." -Kaervek
Illus. John Bolton
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" prior to Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.
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Creature - Nightstalker 2/1, 2B (3)
Flying
"The night stalkers are such a minor power in Urborg. Their sad eagerness to elevate themselves makes them willing tools in the plundering of little Femeref." -Kaervek
Illus. Cliff Nielsen
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - This card is referred to by Urborg Panther.
- Note - Before errata, the creature type was Night Stalker as two words. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
- Note - The Portal version had no creature type.
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